TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1978//
TI  - Effect of initial position on the human head and neck response to Plus Y impact acceleration
JO  - Proceedings: Stapp Car Crash Conference
A1  - Ewing, C. L.
A1  - Thomas, D. J.
A1  - Lustick, L
A1  - Muzzy, WHI
A1  - Willems, GC
A1  - Majewski, P
SP  - 103
EP  - 138
VL  - 22
IS  - 
N2  - The response of the human head and neck to impact acceleration has been previously reported for the minus X (chest to back) and plus Y (right to left) directions. The purpose of this study is to report the initial position effect on the human head and neck response for plus Y direction experiments. Four initial positions of the head relative to the first thoracic vertebral body (T//1) have been investigated over a range of sled acceleration peaks from 2 to 7G. The data from six young adult male volunteers representative of a wide range of anthropometry are presented. The effect of initial position on the resulting head angular and linear acceleration, velocity and displacement is presented. A comparison of the initial position effect for minus X and plus Y direction experiments is made. The ability to model the initial position effect is discussed.     <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0585-086X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -